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0083/2018 - O Uso de dados de satélite para estudar a relação entre chuva e doenças diarreicas em uma bacia na Amazônia Sul-Ocidental.
Using satellite data to study the relationship between rainfall and diarrheal diseases in a Southwestern Amazon basin .

Author:

• Paula Andrea Morelli Fonseca - Fonseca, PAM - <pamorellifonseca@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Sandra S. Hacon - Hacon, SS - <sandrahacon@gmail.com>
• Vera L. Reis - Reis, VL - <vlreis.ac@uol.com.br>
• Duarte Costa - Costa, D - <d.costa@exeter.ac.uk>
• I. Foster Brown - Brown, IF - <fbrown@uol.com.br>


Abstract:

The North region is the second region in Brazil with the highest incidence rate of diarrheal diseases in children under 5 years old. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between rainfall and water level during the rainy season mainly with the incidence rate of this disease in a southwestern Amazon basin. Rainfall estimates and the water level were correlated between each other and both of them were correlated to the diarrheal incidence rate. For the Alto Acre region, 2 to 3 days’ time-lag is the best interval to observe the impact of the rainfall in the water level (R=0.35). In the Baixo Acre region this time-lag increased (4 days) and a slightly reduction in the correlation value was found. The correlation between rainfall and diarrheal disease was better in the Baixo Acre region (Acrelândia, R=0.7) and rainfall upstream the city. And between water level and diarrheal disease, the best results were found for the Brasiléia gauging station (Brasiléia, R=0.3; Epitaciolândia, R=0.5). These study\'s results may support planning and financial resources allocation to prioritize actions for local Civil Defense and health care services before, during and after the rainy season.

Keywords:

infant diarrhea, rainy season, remote sensing, environmental health surveillance, Brazilian Amazon

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Fonseca, PAM, Hacon, SS, Reis, VL, Costa, D, Brown, IF. O Uso de dados de satélite para estudar a relação entre chuva e doenças diarreicas em uma bacia na Amazônia Sul-Ocidental.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Feb). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/o-uso-de-dados-de-satelite-para-estudar-a-relacao-entre-chuva-e-doencas-diarreicas-em-uma-bacia-na-amazonia-sulocidental/16616?id=16616



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